US Patent Issued to Cardinal IG on April 7 for "Self-correcting edge quality in a glass tempering system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,358, issued on April 7, was assigned to Cardinal IG Co. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Self-correcting edge quality in a glass tempering system" was invented by Jarmo T. Pylkkonen (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Jacob N. Gursky (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to techniques for utilizing various sensors and models to evaluate glass as it progresses through the tempering process in order to ensure that the tempered glass is of a proper quality. If, according to any of the various sensor measurements, the tempered glass is not of a proper quality, the system may automatically adjust one or more setting...